Children attending addiction treatment services in Dublin, 1990-1999

European Addiction Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Smyth, Bobby P ^a,b   O'Brien, Mary ^a  

^a HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^b Wellcroft Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Heroin; Ireland; Substance misuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1542408531     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076116     Document Type: Article

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